Category Archives: Adult Children of Narcissists
Last Train to Codependencyville-Narcissististan
The Therapy is Dandy Guidebook to having a Narcissist for a Parent. Chapter 17. An ongoing survival guide. Do you go out of the way to try to meet other people’s needs, often to the detriment of your own? Do … Continue reading
Narcissism isn’t the same thing as Syphilis
The Therapy is Dandy Guidebook to having a Narcissist for a Parent. Chapter 16. An ongoing survival guide. Narcissism isn’t the same thing as Syphilis. Just because you are exposed to it doesn’t mean you have it. This concern is … Continue reading
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The Shame Sandwich
The Therapy is Dandy Guidebook to having a Narcissist for a Parent. Chapter 15. An ongoing survival guide. No, this is not going to be a review of the movie Shame, starring Michael Fassbender. But if, for whatever reason, you … Continue reading
Narcissist Family Values.
The Therapy is Dandy Guidebook to having a Narcissist for a Parent. Chapter 14. An ongoing survival guide. Narcissist Family Values. The way people arrive (or don’t) at their own value as a human being is complex and complicated (and, … Continue reading
The Therapy is Dandy Guidebook to having a Narcissist for a Parent. Chapter 13.
An ongoing survival guide. Chapter 13. The holiday season. It doesn’t take having a narcissist in your family to develop a healthy dread of the holiday season, but it sure doesn’t make the next few weeks any damn easier. Take … Continue reading
The Therapy is Dandy Guidebook to having a Narcissist for a Parent. Chapter 12.
An ongoing survival guide. Chapter 12. The Reading List. I have threatened in the past to include a relevant reading list for this guidebook. This will be the first installment. Also, if anyone on the web has a suggestion not … Continue reading
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The Therapy is Dandy Guidebook to having a Narcissist for a Parent. Chapter 11.
An ongoing survival guide. Chapter 11. Maybe not a Narcissist in name, but surely one in (mis)deed. Recently, I was asked by a client for a definitive judgment on whether their parent was or was not a narcissist. As a … Continue reading
Therapy is Dandy Guidebook to have a Narcissist for a Parent. Chapter 10.
An ongoing survival guide. Chapter 10. Suit up. In the last chapter I brought up the idea of psychic armor, or the suit, this week we take the suit in for some alterations. One of psychology’s more interesting and bizarre … Continue reading
Therapy is Dandy Guidebook to having a Narcissist for a Parent. Chapter 9.
An ongoing survival guide. Chapter 9. Lay your burdens down This entry is brought to you by this year’s closing ceremony of the London Olympics in general, and Annie Lennox specifically. So go watch this video. I will wait. If … Continue reading
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